Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-26
THE HEAVY RAINFALL.
A Big Else in New hampshire Rivers
Railroad bridge Washed Away AT Er.
wing. Mass.
DOVER. 4. y. Iui- o..

DOVER, \. H.. Jul- 25.
All he rivers II this part Of the STATE are
higher uow than ever before kGowii in sum
mer. The f7eshet in the Lampsey river in
New Market, this morning carried away a
large part of the old dam OF New Market cot.
ton mills; also the foundation of No. pick.
er mill. Engines and derrick, employed
some time past in constructing the new dam,
were swept away. The loss cannot be esti.
terfere with the running of the mills, which
are provided with steam power in case of
damage to dam or drought.
The Cocheco is rising rapidly, notwith.
standing that all the mills are running by
water excepting Cocheco No l, which is op-
Grated by steam, still. The depth of water
running over the dam at 8 80 A M. was for
ty two inches. This is the highest ever
known here in summer before.
GREENFIELD, Mass, July 25.
The freshet has just swept away the iron
railroad bridge at Irving, which will cause
still further delay to traffic.
NASHUA, July 25
The storm which cleared of last night was
for violence unprecedented in that vicinity.
The Nashua River has risen verv fast dur
ing the night, aud is rapidly increasing in
tnree
days is &C. 100 inches. The amount of the
fall on Sunday was SO. 100 inches. The
valley of the Nashua and Merrimack rivers
is flooded with water, and much damage will
result to the farmers.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, July 25.
Three days of rainy weather of last week
eliminated at Northampton on Sunday in
the most severe rainfall that has visited tn at
for pos gaI ~
Sunday morning and in the afternoon a
heavy thunder storm burst upon the city and
for couple of hours there was continual
downfall of rain. So copious was the rain
fall that sewers were rapidly choked and
water ran over the sidewalks and thr ,ugh
the streets in torrents. Many of the streets
were rendered impossible tor considerable
length of time and in many places highways
we're badly damaged
dispatch from Orange reports that the
Miller river is higher than for years. The
damage already amounts to over $4,000. Sew
eral streets are under water and are being
navigated in boats. Gardens are destroyed
and cellars overfiowed.
CoNToCooK, N. H., July 25.
A saw mill at Bennington was partly washed
away by the high water yesterday.
PORT JERvIs, July %.
A washout occurred on the Erie road two
miles west of Cochecton, at half past seven
Friday evening, carrying away the east track
just as a freight train was passing. The en-
CINE and several cars passed safely, but 81
cars loaded with cheese went down the bank
and were totally wrecked. Travel delayed
ten hours.
GREENFIELD, Mass, July 25.
Never before has Miller's Falls expert
euced such damage by water as yester-
day. Between that town and Irving. dis
tance of six miles, there are % washouts and
IL land slides During Sundays violent
rain a torrent of water rushed down the
mountain road just east of Fitchburg depot
outlying 1t badly. In short time the de
pot fiat was buried under three feet of
water.
Bridge street was quilted and it was i'm.
passable from Pine Meadow to Highway
bridge. At Mortified farms it washed away
the highway bridges between Millers Falls
and Erving.
A railroad man said that if the railr DAD
puts on the entire force it will take two weeks
before the road will be anywhere repaired.
Of the 25 washouts anyone is large enough
to engulf train.
GARDNER, Mass, July 25.
Last night two dams at Otter river were
washed away by the rains and the rush of
water carried away the highway bridges be,
tween Gardner and Otter River.